Ethical systems and practices need to look good. They have to be desirable, well-designed and work well.

There's never a better way of living than just improving our quality of life.

I think winter wear is communal. You get some gloves and a scarf from a lost-and-found box, wash them, wear them for a while until you lose them. Then somebody else does the same thing

Ethical systems and practices need to look good. They have to be desirable, well-designed and work well.

The problem with modern consumption and mass-produced products is they're designed to just literally be shoved into our mouths and rushed.

What is important is family, friends, giving back to your community and finding meaning in life.

I'm sort of always trying to reinvent and recreate a better way of being, because, you know, democracy has been "the worst of all political systems except for all the rest." So I think we have a lot of room to grow and be a better society, and it's a constant battle. It's an exciting opportunity to be active.